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Turkish journalists launch solidarity campaign for jailed colleagues The Free Journalists Association (ÖGC) on Thursday afternoon held a press conference in front of Istanbul's Diyarbakır courthouse to announce a new campaign to show solidarity with their jailed peers. ÖGC co-chairs Nevin Erdemir and Hakkı Boltan read aloud a list of 46 detained journalists whose trials they vowed the organization would follow, relying on volunteer correspondents in 13 provinces of Turkey. The group said it would also make statements every Thursday testifying to their colleagues' innocence.

Turkey is hardly a press freedom paradise, but what makes
the country so exciting for journalists is the amount of news it generates on
any given day. The domestic story is huge, with near-daily street protests, the
booming economy beginning to sag, and the prospect of regional conflict looming
with Syria. And Istanbul is a base for the international press covering not
only Turkey but also Syria, Iraq and Egypt.

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Istanbul, June 5, 2013--Turkish authorities should not
interfere with the free flow of information online or in any other media, the
Committee to Protect Journalists said today after a senior government official
suggested Internet restrictions could be in the offing.